The landlord contacted police, who then began investigating possible felony abuse of corpse.
Police said the facility did not have any refrigerated rooms, but the building did have working electricity. State regulations require refrigeration for bodies kept longer than 24 hours.

The bodies were removed later Tuesday by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office, which will identify the remains and notify the families.

The Johnson Family Mortuary's owner, Dondre Johnson, maintains he did nothing wrong.

"Business as usual, until our landlord came today and said he wanted to put us out," he said.